Tack-puller.



N0 MODEL.

PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903. W. G; MILLER.

TACK FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED JULYll, 1903} Patented November 3, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MILLER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TACK-FULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,183, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed July 11, 1903. Serial No. 165,091. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tack- Pullers, of which the following is a specifica-' tion, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tack-pullers; and the primary object of the present invention is to construct a tack-puller with its handle so shaped that when the handle portion of the tack-puller is forced toward the floor during the operation of the pulling of the tack the hand of the operator will be protected in such a manner as to effectually prevent the same coming in quick contact with the floor and being injured thereby.

A further object of the present invention is to construct a tack-puller of extremely simple construction, one that will at the same time be strong and durable and cost comparatively little to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, as will be hereinafter more specifically described and then particularly pointed out, and in describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this applicatiomand wherein like numerals of reference will be employed for the designating of like parts throughout the difierent views of the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the position of the implement after the tack has been pulled out of the floor and showing the manner in which the hand is protected and prevented from contact with the floor. Fig. 2 is a detail top plan view of my improved tack-puller, and Fig. 3 is an underneath plan view of the same.

A tack-puller constructed in accordance with my invention is made from a suitable piece of material. As practiced by me I have preferably employed sheet metal, band-metal, or other like material ofasuitable thickness, though the implement might be cast or molded. However, I prefer to employ sheet or band metal of a suitable thickness to afford the desired strength in the implement and out therefrom a strip of the desired width. This strip of metal I form into the desired shape by means of a former, shaper, or die to produce the foot 1, provided in its end with a substantially. V-shaped notch 2, which is adapted to receive the shank of the tack to be pulled. The handle portion 3 of the implement is given a return bond 4, the end of which is on a plane with the heel or fulcrum 5 of the foot member of the implement after the handle member has been depressed whereby to elevate the forward end of the tack puller or implement in order to extract the tack. This is fully illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and attention is directed to the fact that the fingers which grip the handle lie above the end of the bend on the handle, and consequently the said end comes first into contact with the floor, and the fingers are therefore protected from contact with and injury by engagement with the floor. The shape of the implement enables the operator to obtain a firm grasp thereon, the forefinger lying in the curve or depression at the back of the footmember directly over the fulcru mpoint, the other three fingers of the hand gripping the handle, with the thumb lying against the edge of the handle, and the fingers of the hand thereby absolutely protected from injury,'since as the handle is forced downward the end of the bend will first engage with the floor, but not until the foot has been elevated at its outer end a sufficient distance to extract the tack. In practice the walls of the notch will be beveled ofi, as shown, so as to permit easy insertion of the foot under the tack-head, and to this end the upper face of the foot at the forward end will be also beveled or inclined, as best seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings. I have shown the foot member as somewhat contracted back of the head, having the notch therein, by which means the thickness of the head is increased slightly to provide for the beveling and notching of the head and still retain the required strength.

While, as stated, I preferably construct the implement of sheet metal, yet will, if desired, cast or mold the same in the same shape as herein shown and described,and consequently in practice various slight changes may be made in the details of construction Without IOC vention. said fulcrum when the tack-puller is de- Having fully described myinvention, what pressed, thereby serving as a guard for the 15 I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters finger of the operator, substantially as de- 5 Patent, isscribed.

departing from the general spirit of my in I said bent portion lying in a plane with the A device of the character described, com- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature prisinga tack-puller of a single strip of metal in the presence of two witnesses.- having a foot provided with a beveled notch formed upon one end, said end being bent 1o upwardly to act as a fulcrum when said de- .VVitnesses:

vice is in use, and the other end of said metal A. M. WiLsoN, strip being given a return bend the end of K. H. BUTLER.

WILLIAM C. MILLER. 

